A 29-year-old male tourist was brought out of the danger zone on the night of September 3 after being trapped in a deep abyss for nearly 3 hours after climbing over the railing to go to the toilet.

The tourist who had the accident was born in 1987 and was from Bac Ninh. According to this person, at around 8:00 p.m., when he was 30 meters from Dong Pagoda, because he had to go to the toilet, he climbed over the railing with a warning sign "Dangerous abyss, please be careful", unfortunately he slipped and fell down the cliff and became unconscious.

At around 10pm, he woke up and found himself stuck on a tree branch hanging on a deep cliff, so he called for help. Fortunately, the regular force in the Dong Pagoda area heard him and immediately located the location of the cry and reported it to the leaders of the Yen Tu National Park and Monument Management Board.

Male tourist was taken out of the danger zone.

A few minutes later, rescue forces from Yen Tu National Forest and Monument Management Board, Tung Lam Development Joint Stock Company, Yen Tu Information Company 6, and Yen Tu Restoration Project Management Board arrived promptly, agreed on and deployed a rescue plan.

Because the area where the tourist had an accident was a deep abyss of nearly 200 meters, the position of the victim caught in the tree branch was quite dangerous, with no support, the rescue units had to proceed very carefully and with great difficulty. By 11 p.m. the same day, the units had reached the victim and brought him out of the dangerous abyss, ensuring his safety. The tourist was quickly given first aid and taken down to the foot of the mountain to be transferred to the Vietnam - Sweden Hospital, Uong Bi for emergency treatment, and at the same time informed his family. Fortunately, he only suffered soft tissue injuries, not life-threatening. On the morning of September 4, his family asked him to be discharged from the hospital to return to Bac Ninh.

Danger warning sign at Yen Tu.

This is the second case of a tourist falling down the cliff of Yen Tu and being successfully rescued. Previously, on December 14, 2011, a tourist also fell down a nearly 100 meter deep abyss south of Dong Pagoda. Both tourists, while visiting Dong Pagoda (Yen Tu), ignored the warning signs and crossed the protective fence, leading to the unfortunate incident.

For a long time, to ensure the safety of tourists, all deep ravines and high mountains at Yen Tu relic site have been fenced, protected by corridors and placed with danger warning signs by authorities.

According to VNE